Brother, your comment having been removed has nothing to do with someone asking for you to be banned. Back off

Hey, we’re name siblings!

Ty :)

How prevalent was opium smoking in Japan or Asia in general? Sample size of 1, but in Blue Eye Samurai, the protagonist’s mother is shown to be an opium addict and constantly sucking on a pipe like this one. Never linked Japan to opium before, so that was very new to me

It wasn’t meant as a “stay-hungry gotcha”. What I meant was that vegan meats are not a must when it comes to substituting meat. Food like Impossible Burgers and things like that. But there’s tofu, tempeh, seitan as you’ve mentioned, beans, legumes, chickpeas… There’s a lot to eat instead of (vegan) meat is what I meant to convey.

Wait, are the micro-ingredients you’re referring to the traces of dairy you get with most foods you buy? Like even food that’s specifically labelled as vegan? Not quite sure what else you could mean since these products would still be considered vegan since they’re not made up of or consist of animal products.

But yea, it’s tough to keep scanning ingredients list for potential non-vegan ingredients. It’s relatively easy for food for me nowadays but stuff like soaps, face wash, laundry detergent and stuff like that that’s not always explicitly labelled as vegan can be tricky to navigate around. Nail polish is easy because I found a brand that’s specifically vegan and cruelty-free. :)

You’ll get there some day (if you want that). We all start out small and it takes some effort, but it’s manageable in the end. 💚

Or just don’t eat meat and choose one of the plenty alternatives that’s not faux-meat

Go vegan 💚

Just curious because you’re specifically using the term plant-based: are you eating plant-based or are you vegan? If not the latter, how come?

No judgements whatsoever - just curious

The carnie mind does not comprehend eating anything but meat

If that works for you guys, why not

omg they’re so cute

Sure, buddy. How’s that copium? Delusional c-suites

Average soulslike player

I get all of your points and agree with most. However, your experience is entirely unchanged if people who want to have difficulty settings play with them and you don’t. It’s a single-player game - their decisions to do not affect you in the slightest.

Imagine if DS3 was the exact same game it is right now, but you have the option of choosing a difficulty options that reduces the damage you take and increases the damage you deal, for people who want that kind of experience. Would that change anything about the experience you had with the game?

At the of the day, as long developers have the freedom to do as they please and communicate what they feel like is the “preferred” experience, there is no harm in catering to more people outside the inner circle of most dedicated players who have the luxury of putting as much time into the game as they are able to. Like, why would that bother you?

The more people get to experience the game, the better in my opinion. I don’t gain anything from gating people from playing the game other than an already negative rap the genre and its player base gets from elitist opinions on their game. Not saying you’re an elitist for having the opinions you outlined - it’s just something to consider.

And yea, I firmly believe that the entire genre - including FS games - would profit from that.

And thanks for sharing your opinion in a respectful manner; I feel like this can get lost on people in these debates quite often.

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Why though? You do end up not playing the game at all if you’re barred from it because of imposed arbitrary difficulty settings

HEHEHE, PILE ON!

I appreciate the NSFW tag :)

Imagine if @everyone just tagged everyone on Lemmy